All 20 people aboard a Turkish military cargo plane were killed when it crashed near the Georgia-Azerbaijan border while en route from Azerbaijan to Turkey, according to Turkish officials and media reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The C-130 transport aircraft went down in Georgia\u2019s Kakheti region, about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the border with Azerbaijan, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said<\/a>. The crash occurred in a mountainous area near the Georgian municipality of Signagi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The plane was carrying 20 military personnel, including the flight crew, all of whom were killed, according to Euronews<\/a>, citing Turkish officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe learned with deep sorrow that our C-130 military aircraft, en route from Azerbaijan to our country, crashed on the Georgia-Azerbaijan border,\u201d President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan said. \u201cMay God have mercy on our martyrs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev also extended condolences to Turkey, saying he was \u201cdeeply saddened by the tragic news of the loss of servicemen\u201d and conveyed sympathy to the families of the victims and the \u201cfraternal people of T\u00fcrkiye.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Turkey\u2019s Ministry of Defense said an accident investigation team is traveling to the scene to determine the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Azerbaycan medyas\u0131nda \u00e7\u0131kan haberlere g\u00f6re G\u00fcrcistan-Azerbaycan s\u0131n\u0131r\u0131nda T\u00fcrk Silahl\u0131 Kuvvetlerine ait askeri kargo u\u00e7a\u011f\u0131n\u0131n d\u00fc\u015ft\u00fc\u011f\u00fc idda ediliyor. pic.twitter.com\/DcqQj7MzkO<\/a><\/p>— Derin Kuvvetler (@Derinkuvvet) November 11, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>